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Favourite film ever.

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Marydoll Tue 30-Jan-18 20:59:25

I was reminiscing and thinking about my favourite film ever.

For me it was Paint Your Wagon. Two reasons: Clint Eastwood blush and the songs. I have lost count of the times I saw it.
Closely followed by Roman Holiday, Gregory Peck and the scenery.

Smithy Tue 30-Jan-18 21:02:25

Mine was Doctor Zhivago, with Omar Sharif. 2nd was An Affair to Remember, very old one with Deborah Kerr

kittylester Tue 30-Jan-18 21:04:21

West Side Story and how dare Steven Speilberg think he could better it.

hildajenniJ Tue 30-Jan-18 21:04:59

I could watch Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner every day. It's a magical, mystical film. I love it.
A close second is Sense and Sensibility, Emma Thompson's version.

Chewbacca Tue 30-Jan-18 21:06:52

I could watch Calamity Jane over and over again, I love that film! Know the words to every song and all the dialogue too!
The other film that I could watch every day, and always see something I've missed before, is Monsieur Heulot's Holiday. Funniest film ever.

annsixty Tue 30-Jan-18 21:11:13

Snap Marydoll .
Paint your wagon has been my favourite film for many many years.
I went with a friend while our H's babysat and that has to be 45÷ years ago.
The music was wonderful even the singing of Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood and the beauty of the lead actress whose name has gone.
I think she died quite young. The comedy was side splitting, remember the French ladies when they arrived in town?
Who could forget? The pathos of the end...
As you can see I know it backwards.
Can I also mention the young boy's reaction to his " present " from Lee Marvin?
After being introduced to drinking and smoking, that "was the best"experience

Chewbacca Tue 30-Jan-18 21:15:13

Was It Jean Seberg annsixty? I think she died quite young. Suicide, I think, but not certain about that.

lemongrove Tue 30-Jan-18 21:17:37

Favourite film, hmmmm, I have three!
Midnight Run
O Brother Where Art Thou
It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World

joannapiano Tue 30-Jan-18 21:22:55

I have two.
Fellini's La Strada
West Side Story.

Anniebach Tue 30-Jan-18 21:25:02

To Kill A Mockingbird

And Casablanca - just to hear Bogard say "we will always have Paris" ?

mollie Tue 30-Jan-18 21:25:59

Oliver! Fabulous!

Grannyknot Tue 30-Jan-18 21:27:13

Camelot with Vanessa Redgrave and Richard Harris. I fell for the whole idea of a "Camelot" blush.

Anniebach Tue 30-Jan-18 21:35:50

I loved Camelot

GranEd Tue 30-Jan-18 21:38:37

My all time favourite has to be The African Queen.

farview Tue 30-Jan-18 21:43:49

...Out of Africa
...Shirley Valentine
...Educating Rita
...Thelma and Louise
...oh too many?

farview Tue 30-Jan-18 21:44:34

..oops sorry..Brief Encounter!

GrandmaMoira Tue 30-Jan-18 21:44:57

Dr Zhivago and Gone With the Wind.

grannyactivist Tue 30-Jan-18 22:02:07

I watched a film called Madame X when I was about thirteen, it was the B movie alongside one of the James Bond blockbusters. I can remember nothing about the Bond film, but for some reason I can still tell you almost every detail of Madame X, it had a profound effect on me. It was a film about betrayal and reconciliation, love and loathing, and about mothers and their children.

MissAdventure Tue 30-Jan-18 22:05:51

I love 'Educating Rita' too. smile and the one with the woman that goes off to Greece - Pauline Somebody.

NanKate Tue 30-Jan-18 22:12:57

Some like it hot, with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. I know every scene and laugh from beginning to end.

I agree Kitty West Side Story, the original, could not be bettered. I can hear that whistle and the intro to the film as if it was yesterday. I know all the words to the songs too. I tried to do my hair like Natalie Wood, but was never very successful.

Scribbles Tue 30-Jan-18 22:42:32

The African Queen and Dumbo smile

MissAdventure Tue 30-Jan-18 22:43:44

Oh I like dumbo! And Mary Poppins.. smile

MissAdventure Tue 30-Jan-18 22:44:56

And 'The Green Mile'. That's a lovely, sad, happy film.

Fellowfeeling8 Tue 30-Jan-18 22:55:33

Out of Africa for me.

Greyduster Tue 30-Jan-18 22:57:31

Philadelphia Story;
Out of Africa;
The Searchers;
A Bridge Too Far.